Rights + Global Citizenship in the Early Years

Kate Allen

Rights?

History of Rights

GIRFEC, Curriculum for Excellence

Universal: Respect, without prejudice

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

SO, WHAT IS GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP?

•Where’s this place?• There are lots of old things. • They have a nice climate.• There are many shops.• It has a large population.• The people speak a beautiful

language.

• Their policemen wear red and black.• They live in flats.• There are many factories.• There are lots of churches and

hospitals.

•There are big forests.•They have large roads.•They have beautiful coins.•They have very tall

mountains.

•Views of Britain from Kenyan girls and boys, Greek girls and boys.

•They eat frogs and snakes. •There are no

pickpockets.•There are no black people.•Guns come from there.

•From Speaking for Ourselves, Listening to Others, Leeds Development Education Centre

What is a Global Citizen?

Global Citizenship

• Tasting different fruit• Where do they come from• Carrying things• Gifts

Resources

www.scotdec.org.uk

www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org

www.globaldimension.org.uk

www.Oxfam.org.uk/education

Learning Outcomes

• Build on knowledge and understanding of the UNHCR and Human Rights

• Make links between Rights based learning and Global Citizenship

• Use active learning methodologies to explore Rights• Reflect on ways to embed Rights across the curriculum

Thursday 19th November 2015

16:00-18:00

Isabel@Scotdec.org.uk or 0131 226 1499

See you then!